The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-18
ROYALTY AT A BALL.
How the King and Queen ofItaly Look
and Act in the Presence Of Guests.

How the king and queen OF italy LoOE
and Act in the Presence Of Guests.
Presently there is a buzz, says a writer in
the Philadelphia Telegraph, describing
ball in the palace Of the King of Italy. All
the ladie, in the diplomatic parqUet stand
up TIE other ladies follow their example
The doors are thrown open. The Orchestra
begins the roval march. First enter the Off
GERS and ladies of the household. Then there
is a coultsving of the ladies nearest the
door and their ajestieS appear, the King
and the Queen, arm in ann, bowling right
and left. The ladies all around the room in
cline their heads Us her majesty walks
across to the diGs where she seats herself.
Immediately upon her being seated a gentle
man Of the court gives 2 signal to toe ether
ladies, who resume their places. The King
strOlls down the room to where the Ministers
and Senator's are standing and engages IN
conversation with them Her majesty and
her toilet are the cVn0sure Of all eyes. She
bears the ordeal uuconsciOusly. Scarcely a
minute elapSes before the set is formed for
the royal quadrillc. The German ambassa-
dor, dean Of the diplomatic crops, approaches
the dias and leads the Queen to her place,
The Other ambassadors select as partners the
wives OF their colleagues and the set is
formed. usually about twelve in all The
King docs not dance He is in evening
dress. Just the same as everybody else, eX-
cept the Italian officers. Even the diplO-
mats are without uniform. He cOnverses with
different persons during the quadIille The
Queen, on the contrary, enters with spirit
into the dance and combines easy grace with
dignity. For any one else than a Queen Il
would be an embarrassing position, with
every eye in the great throng upon her and
her movements. The dance over. the Queen
returns for amoment only to the dias. Then
She goes over to the seats of the ambassa-
dresses and sits down for a chat She goes
from one to another until she has spoken
with ever lady in the diplomatic corps.
Meanwhile the general dancing is going or.
Immediately upon the conclusion Of the
royal quadrille the other large rooms are al
ways thrown. open, and the drifting OF tide
of persons into these apartments leaves less
Of crush on the dancing floor Each room
is 50 different from its neighbor as to be in
teresting of itself, and on ball nights is par
ticularly brilliant and pretty, with its par
terres of flowers its thousands of gas Jets and
candelabra and its thrOngs of pretty women.
In one Of the rooms at the end OF the suite Il
buffet is spread ali the evening Once be-
gun, the dancing goes on continuously until
about O'Clock in the morning. Their mai
estes lend their presence to the fete until
about ! O'Clock, when, accompanied by their
1ttii'' ulICS ict4ic ~ me Ip1dl supper looiil
Almost simultaneously two other supper
rooms are opened at different ends of the
palace, one for the ladies and their cavaliers
and the other for men unattended by fair
companions In the mems banqueting hall
there are no chairs, only a long table on
which are placed the good things, behind
which stand the red-liveried laclieys and in
front of which is the dense mass of pushing
and scrambling guests The ladies' supper
room is a much prettier sight All over the
wide expanse Of floor are scattered very small
tables, about which cluster little groups ct
ladies' and gentlemen, a perfect army of the
palace servants moving here and there
among them. The supper is always very
good, and the two Quirinal balls are, for a
variety OF reasons, considered the chief events
of every season.